>> no. >> these restaurant employees don't know they are on camera. >> have you ever had problems here or anything? >> no. >> those answers are not true. as you are about to see, when it comes to health code violations in santa clara county, diners are left in the dark. how important is it that the public is aware of what's happening at restaurants? >> very important. >> meet heather much she's in charge of the county restaurant inspections. since there is no grading system, the only way to know if a restaurant has been shut down and why, is to schedule an appointment to view the records. but state law does require all restaurants keep a copy of the most recent inspections on hand. if you ask to see it, they have to show it to you. so we tested the system. to see who was willing -- >> we just want to look at your latest inspection report before we eat. >> i can't give you a copy. that's only for us. >> he's the manager of this denny's in sunnyvale.

>> denny's is different. we have different procedures. we don't share our inspections with our customers. >> how are we supposed to know if it's clean or not. >> oh, it's clean. i mean, if it's not clean, they shut it down. >> have you ever been shut down? >> never. >> but documents show it was shut down in late 2011 for a large amount of roaches and inspectors found more roaches living at denny's just last summer. kobe in santa clara claim it was voted best japanese restaurant, known for customers by its sushi bar, known by inspectors for the cockroaches at the sushi bar. >> ever been shut down or anything. >> no. >> and instead of showing us the report, they showed us the door. >> good, how are you? >> this is yummy buffet in south snaj. >> what makes you think there is a problem? >> the latest inspection report. 16 violations. >> i don't know what they -- what they put in --

>> okay. >> why -- why don't you go somewhere else? >> of the ten restaurants we visited, only one showed us the report. >> oh, great. thanks. >> is this acceptable? >> it absolutely is not acceptable. i am disappointed that the restaurants are not providing you with truthful information. or any member of the public. what i do want to emphasize is that the public can get this information in other ways. >> like going to the county's website. but even if you go to the trouble to look it up, the information is vague. while is shows categories of violations, it doesn't give any details of what inspectors found. take these two restaurants. both cited for vermin. one major, one minor. but what does that mean? we pulled the files. the minor violation was fresh rodent droppings and one rat caught. major was for a dead fly in the whiskey. these two restaurants show

enforcement action taken. but why? files show one wasor a fire. the other? infested with cockroaches. this report on a fast food chain in san jose, just says enforcement action. >> i would have to look at the file and look at it a little more closely this is the first time i've seen this. >> how are customers supposed to know what this means if you don't know what it means? >> i'm looking at this right now for the first time and i want to take a look at this more closely and review it before i can respond to this particular case. >> do you see why i'm having trouble looking at this. how someone at home could understand what that means? >> yes. agree that there are -- there are improvements that can be made in this system. >> i think santa clara county could do more to help people understand what that information means. >> dr. philip leslie is a

professor at ucla's pistbusines school. he conducted this study and found food-borne illnesses dropped almost 30% in three years. he says having information in the window incentivizes restaurants to stay clean and allows diners to make an educated choice of where to eat, without having to ask. >> even if all restaurants did have that information on hand at the restaurant itself, people are still not going to ask for it. that's an awkward moment in a restaurant many you don't want to start out that way. >> even if you do -- in santa clara county, sometimes the answer is hard to tell. >> better go home, cook yourself. >> very telling. we reached out to the managers at all of the restaurants in our investigation. most were unaware of the law. all said they will now educate their employers and our reporting has also prompted

action from santa clara county. here are details. >> after our story first aired earlier this month, the county updated its website to now include whether a restaurant has been closed and when it reopened. so a little clearer for customers than it was before. but one county supervisor is pushing for more to be done. >> it's really a econoquestion bui account akt. you really want to know is there a place that was clean and safe. were there major violations? should i have a reason to pause or head somewhere else. you can't get that information from the format used today. >> this isn't the first time that supervisors have pushed for change. back in 2000, he proposed grading restaurants. now, a decade later, he will try again to get some sort of scoring system in place and the

full inspection reports posted on the county website. we'll keep you updated. jenna with an eye-opening hidden camera investigation. up next -- >> commercial arrivediation gets priority of everything. >> conflict between airplanes and the new stadium. we investigate game-day concerns, next.

welcome back. sounds of the san francisco 49ers are well aware that construction of the new home is on schedule for the 2014 season. but there are new concerns about that location. right underneath the final flight path to the san jose airport. we investigate as steven stock digs into planes, a new stadium and air traffic control.

>> right off the end of runways 12 r and 12 l, the new stadium is hard to miss, but according to several sources in the local aviation and emergency management community, it was only once the stadium rises in the distance, top officials start studying the implication of 60,000 fans right off the end of two major runways. >> you have to have two-way communication to floriy anywher near that airport. >> whenever there is a football game on or a baseball game or any large gathering of people at a stadium, they put into what they call temporary flight restrictions, tfrs. >> reporter: the faa confirms a tfr will be in place when there is a football game or other big

event. but as this video shows, commercial flights literally pivot right over top of the new stadium when landing from the north. south onto runways 12 l or 12 r at mineta, san jose. and with tv helicopters, banner planes, and the occasional blump hovering overhead, that could make for crowded skies and a much heavier workload for air traffic control. >> the landing one-two. i don't know what they would do. they are going to have to think about that. >> reporter: trouble, three different aviation sources tell us that not a lot of thought has gone into that so far. they believe commercial air traffic landing over the new 49ers stadium during a game could significantly raise air traffic controller's workload and procedures, procedures they are only now beginning work out. >> commercial aviation gets priority of everything. so they won't change that. >> reporter: faa spokesman ian gregor says "we wouldn't allow

any activity that interferes with arrivals or departures out of san jose. but the sources we spoke with remain skeptical and concerned. they say local air traffic controllers were not consulted or included in the aviation planning around the stadium. and look at these drawings, which show parts of the new stadium, like light towers and antennas, exceeding the maximum height originally allowed in this faa study. the faa says those height limits have been studied individually and do not pose any threat to safety. >> that was a consideration for things like general aviation to ensure that during game days we would coordinate appropriately. >> santa clara mayor jamie matthews says the city has planned for these issues long before the stadium announced. >> we want to make sure we have appropriate flight path and clearance and we work closely with the faa and with our public safety team. >> steven stock asking the tough

questions there. matthews admits that the security plan for the stadium is still a work in progress and that all the questions don't currently have answers. he says he's confident they will have the details finalized by the end of this year. coming up, you've attended four consecutive games court side. he owns millions to sin investors and the government. we stay on the money trail and show why he's stepping down from a public advisory board. that's next.

he owes more than $5 million to bay area investors, the state and federal government. he is a well-known businessman with a long list of questionable deals with money that he says disappears in a black hole. he's now under the microscope of local law enforcement, and he no longer sits on the santa clara county sheriff's advisory board.

you are the sheriff. will you recommend he's removed from your advisory board? >> yes. >> sheriff smith made that decision after learning details of ron's resume. >> you stole 70,000 of my mother's money. >> that is ron on hidden camera, trying to explain why he didn't give the money to an elderly woman that he got from selling a car. there are others now chasing money from the south bay car dealer. how many of you believe you are the victim of a crime? they all invested in a bad estellea business. $2 million is gone. and they thought these pink slips secured their investment in a san jose used car dealership. >> the money is gone and so are the cars. now, if that's not fraud or criminal, i don't know what is.

>> nbc bay area confirmed the santa clara county district attorney is investigating. some of his former investors have told us they have talked to d.a. investigators in the last 60 days. >> they have been calm. >> reporter: harry osborne worked for the man, selling cars. do you think he is aware of what he's doing to all these people? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: where did all the money go? >> good question. i have no idea. >> reporter: investors have since learned the pink slips that he used to secure their trust are worthless. their names are part of his list of creditors in this $10 million bankruptcy filing. before our report, his name was on this letterhead, a prominent member of the santa clara county sheriff's advisory board. >> for ron to do what he's done to bring the sheriff's advisory board out front like this, it's very disappointing. >> reporter: steve serves as

vice president of the sheriff's advisory board. after our report and pressure from sheriff smith, ron resigned from the board. >> if you have somebody that is tainted or has given a bad name or even brings negative publicity to the board, it's not good. and i think ron said, hey, because of what was going on, because of the story, i would like to step down because i don't want to bring that to the board. >> ron has answered to the leadership of the sheriff's advisory board, but he has not answered questions from his investors. they want to know what's happened to their money. and why they spotted him in these seats. he didn't want to shake hands after declining our interview request for more than a month, we found him sitting court side in the second row at the warriors game in oakland. you have attended four

consecutive warrior games court side. friends say the tickets are theirs. as for the money he owes investors, he wouldn't answer any questions. what do you say to the people who want to know where their money is? can you say where the money is, sir? in the coming weeks, he has another bankruptcy hearing. we plan to be there as we continue following your money and the money investors gave him months ago. we will also update you on any possible action by the district attorney. after the break, if you are flying out of town, would you take your pet with you? our cameras go along in the crate for a flight. what happens when animals are chipp ed shipped in the cargo area.

now an investigation that has creaked a lot of buzz, an investigation into the safety of your pets, your dogs and cats on planes. while you fly in a pressurized

cabin, what happens to your pets? is it dangerous when they florida in the cargo area? we investigate. we look into the accountability of pet travel at 35,000 feet. >> our pets become our best friends. they are part of the family. and losing them can be devastating. that's why caleb's owner is so worried. >> treat my dog gently. >> reporter: he's much more than this family can handle. >> we can take him to a beach and he will have an acreage to live on. >> reporter: to give him a better life, is he going on a flight from bay area to washington. >> i'm just praying he will get there safely. are you a good boy. >> to fund out, we place this camera and temperature recorder in his kennel to document cal caleb's journey from his current owner's hands to the trust of an airline and then hopefully into the arm of his new family. >> a lot of owners think that if

i can be flown from point a to point b and nothing happens to me, probably the same will happen to my pet. >> that's dr. chris cowing, president of the california veterinarian medical association. he saysending the pet through cargo should be your last resort. >> i would hope airlines are smart enough to realize that if they put an animal, any animal, in a certain position, they could lose that animal. >> we found it happened. going through monthly air travel consumer reports from the department of transportation, dating back to 2007, the investigative unit discovered more than 300 animals have died, then injured or gone missing. most never to be found. all on the airlines' watch. but we don't know how many animals are transported. by law, airlines only have to disclose if a pet is hurt, lost, or dies during the trip. delta saw the most incidents.

followed by alaska, american airlines, continental and united airlines, one of those incidents on united involved a dog named alabama many. >> his ticket was twice what mine was. >> reporter: michael paid $650 to have alabama fly from miami to san francisco, on united's pet safe program. >> they guarantee you that your pet will always be in acclimated surroundings. >> reporter: but he says during a layover in houston, he saw his dog, sitting on the tarmac on a luggage cart. >> he spent almost four hours in that plastic kennel in conditions well above 85 degrees. >> just after touching down at sfo, jar bo was given the news. >> he said i'm sorry, he didn't make it. >> reporter: the airlines told him alababa bambam's heart gave. for his loss, he gave him $1,000 in travel vouchers.

>> if you or i would do this, we could be criminally prosecuted for that. >> reporter: we examined hundreds of reports and found that last year, two pets loaded in a bag i bin in a container with dry ice. in response? delta reveiewed training procedures. mary beth launched a facebook page to help find a cat named jack. when an american airlines "dropped his kennel" jack went missing. two months later, he fell through an airport ceiling, so sick, he to be universiutah a z. >> they don't treat your animal any differently than luggage many. >> the transportation of all passengers, including pets, remains the airlines' number one priority. and airlines adhere to all federal regulations.

and, remember caleb, we found him mostly resting along side his bone. temperatures ranged from 48 to 72 degrees. he made it safely. and is now enjoying his new home. as far as michael -- >> he was my best friend. >> despite a new puppy that united paid $3,500 for, nothing will replace his dog. his advise about putting your animal in cargo? >> don't fly. don't fly. >> so here is what we now know. the agency responsible for overseeing pet travel on airlines, the usda tells us it's investigating to see if united will receive any civil penaltyipenalties in bam bam's death. the airlines declined to answer any questions. now, many of our investigations start with information from our viewers, if you have a tip for the unit to investigate, call our tipline at 888 -996-tips. and you can also send an e-mail to the unit at nbc bay area.com.

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fire. following mindy death. mistake or murder? the blade runner mystery takes another bizarre turn. hi everybody. welcome to "access hollywood". weekend edition i'm shaun robin son. we start with the oscar piingt story. each passing day brings more twist and turn and now billy takes you inside oscar's house where the alleged crime took place. >> covering his face as he arrived for the second day of the bail hearing for the value tains day shooting of girlfriend reeva. oscar spent much of the day in tears as he listened to dramatic and detailed testimony. countering the claim that he had the prosthetic leg off when he shot what he believed to be a burglar behind a bath room doo door, the chief police investigators testified he would have had to walk down a 23 foot hallway go into the bathroom and shoot at downward angle through door to the toilet from a distance of 5 feet away. meaning we would have had his pros they say on. because the bullet hole were

high on the door. investigators says 2 witness who heard gunshots and screams. one saying she heard what so so you knowed like fighting coming from the home for full hour between 2 and 3:00 a.m. valentine's day and then the gunshot. defense point the out she was more than a quarter mile away, however. many places say they found what they believe to be steroids and needles for injection into the bedroom. defense countered it was an herbal remedy. police concede it might not have been steroids. that may one detail that goes well for oscar but michelle has been follow the hearing from inside the courtroom and she was also seated right in front of oscar feet from him. joins from south africa. what is it like to be that close to the defendant as all the details emerge. >> going in i thought what a great scene. access to everything. what has been surprising to us is it's how upsetting it has been.